Slot: Look at Real Madrid and Tomorrow's Most Important Match

Liverpool's coach Arne Slot appeared at a press conference to discuss tomorrow's match against Southampton in the 28th round of the English Premier League.

He began his remarks on Alisson's performance against PSG: "I think to become the best goalkeeper in the world, you sometimes need to make saves that others don't. I believe he made one or two saves on Wednesday. He had two world-class saves at crucial moments for us."

Regarding the victory over PSG: "I would say we were a bit lucky; we were really lucky, but as Michael Jordan once said, 'The harder you work, the luckier you get,' and that is the greatest compliment you can give to the players. They worked incredibly hard, and I think we didn't control the ball in the second half; we were not the dominant team at all, but we controlled them better than in the first half."

He continued about the lineup for tomorrow's match: "For me, the match against Southampton is the most important, not just because it's the first match we play, but it is extremely important for us."

He added: "If I choose to involve other players, it’s because I believe this is the best chance to win the match tomorrow, not because I want to rest them for the match against Paris Saint-Germain."

He emphasized: "If there were three, four, or five days between the last match and this match, I might have started with the same starting lineup again, even if there were only two days between the next match."

He continued: "Given that there are only two days between the last match and tomorrow's match, and we had to fight very hard, this is not the first match after a break of three or four weeks; it might be match number 50 in three months - I don't know how many - so you have to take that into account, but you also have to consider the quality of the team you are facing, take into account the players' form and fitness, and which players fit together better."

On Gakpo's condition: "He didn't train yesterday, so let's see if he can train with us today. Again, it was difficult to recover. It’s not a long-term injury, but he was still in some pain yesterday, so he couldn't train."

He noted: "If you want to win something, whether it's the Premier League, the League Cup, the Champions League, or the FA Cup, you need to occasionally get a match where you don't play your best and get lucky, which may not be luck if you work hard like us, to come out with a good result."

He added: "No teams play 38 matches playing good football all the time. Real Madrid is one of the best examples of that; they find a way to win the match if the other team is better than them."

He concluded: "Our full focus now is on Southampton; the first three finals will take place next week."